Election to the 2nd German Bundestag
on 6 September 1953
Federal result
Specification |
First votes |
Second votes |
Number of seats incl. Berlin deputies |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Persons entitled to vote |
33,120,940 |
X |
33,120,940 |
X |
X |
Voters, voter turnout |
28,479,550 |
86.0 |
28,479,550 |
86.0 |
X |
Invalid |
959,790 |
3.4 |
928,278 |
3.3 |
X |
Valid |
27,519,760 |
96.6 |
27,551,272 |
96.7 |
X |
CDU |
9,577,659 |
34.8 |
10,016,594 |
36.4 |
197 |
SPD |
8,131,257 |
29.5 |
7,944,943 |
28.8 |
162 |
F.D.P. |
2,967,566 |
10.8 |
2,629,163 |
9.5 |
53 |
CSU |
2,450,286 |
8.9 |
2,427,387 |
8.8 |
52 |
GB/BHE |
1,613,215 |
5.9 |
1,616,953 |
5.9 |
27 |
Others |
2,779,777 |
10.1 |
2,916,232 |
10.6 |
18 |
BP |
399,070 |
1.5 |
465,641 |
1.7 |
– |
DP |
1,073,031 |
3.9 |
896,128 |
3.3 |
15 |
DRP |
204,725 |
0.7 |
295,739 |
1.1 |
– |
Zentrum |
55,835 |
0.2 |
217,078 |
0.8 |
3 |
GVP |
286,465 |
1.0 |
318,475 |
1.2 |
– |
KPD |
611,317 |
2.2 |
607,860 |
2.2 |
– |
DNS |
78,356 |
0.3 |
70,726 |
0.3 |
– |
SSW |
44,339 |
0.2 |
44,585 |
0.2 |
– |
PdgD |
654 |
0.0 |
– |
– |
– |
SHLP |
6,269 |
0.0 |
– |
– |
– |
VU |
2,531 |
0.0 |
– |
– |
– |
Political groupings standing for election/individual candidates |
17,185 |
0.1 |
– |
– |
– |